Chapter 291 - Chapter 284: Charmed Life

Xie Xun was also visiting Jinzhou City for the first time. The city was filled with towering buildings and bustling commerce, a lively scene. Though the clans in Jinzhou were not as influential as those in the Capital City, there were still quite a number of them. The major clans were the Zhou, Li, Lin, and Zhang families. Manager Cheng had dominated the business scene in Jinzhou for over twenty years, becoming a wealthy magnate, but even then, he could only be considered a rich gentry. The clans not only owned vast lands but also had many of their descendants serving as officials in the court. Yanyang allowed merchants to participate in the imperial examination, so many wealthy merchants tried to donate money in exchange for government positions to obtain a title. This practice was quite popular over a decade ago.